Elder signals

by hexela

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.02

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.17

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.93

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.13

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.20

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.18

A game where you are a novice cultist. Decifer weather signals from the gods to understand who you are dealing with and make a perfect (or "good enough") ritual for them.

How to play:
You can change the altar, the sacrifice, the ritual circle (sigil), and the decorations around. Every time you ring the bell, the weather will change. Decifer what god you are dealing with, and make a ritual, that fit their taste.

Controls:
"WASD" for movement
"tab" or "J" for opening your necronomicon
"mouse" to look around and interact with objects
"Esc" to close the game

Tags: #first-person, #godot, #indie, #ludum-dare-59, #no ai, #psx (playstation), #retro, #singleplayer

Genres: puzzle

Comments16

LDJam user 42383821 Apr 2026, 14:16

Fun little game, loved the cat that closes the game

Sound Steppe21 Apr 2026, 16:45

I liked it, awesome cat!

lost99021 Apr 2026, 16:52

best game i ever seen at this jam

turotomo21 Apr 2026, 16:54

It’s very fun and cute! The graphics are great, the animations too- it was nice to see the variety of options. It would be cool to see a continuation with a larger scene and more “god” variations.

Winbion21 Apr 2026, 17:07

It's a funny game. It would be interesting to find different objects in the "Forest" and put them on the altar.

JuanRod70721 Apr 2026, 17:27

Cool game, very cryptic. I can see a whole game being built around this mechanic where you have to accept payments from villagers to do the correct rituals.

half-animal-half-beast21 Apr 2026, 18:17

the roach didn’t like my sacrifice, exploded me, and the game closed itself 😄

love the low poly ps1-style visuals, they look really cool and atmospheric!

LDJam user 38351022 Apr 2026, 20:45

Honestly the perfect game. Although I did have to go through the roach like 15 times before the other two appeared, but my god was this good. As said above, it would be interesting if you could go into the forest to find the objects for sacrifice or honestly if you could like replay the game without reopening it every time, but these really are just nitpicks. I just cannot stress enough how much I enjoyed this

Vela Pulsar22 Apr 2026, 21:13

That cat was truly unexpected!

PaulMag22 Apr 2026, 21:21

One of my favourite games so far!
Reminds me a bit of Phasmophobia where you need to analyse the ghosts behavior the figure out which one it is.
I wish there was more options for gods and rituals. :D

Kinda weird that ESC just instantly quits the game. I kept accidentally quitting when I instinctively press ESC to close the necronomicon or exiting from choosing a part of the ritual.

Hideyzzz22 Apr 2026, 21:39

This is imba!!! I laughed like crazy at the cat's dislike!
Русский обнаружен.

Pacelin22 Apr 2026, 21:40

#### EN
The game is very short, but the execution is very fun. Maximum ratings for humor and mood are guaranteed :)

#### RU
Игра очень короткая, но при этом исполнение очень весёлое. Максимальные оценки по юмору и настроению обеспечены :)